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Old 6th Jun 2012, 18:56
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Mac the Knife

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Depends what you mean by "openly gay"

I work in a large hospital with (I presume) a normal complement of gay people. We have a few screaming queens who can be very amusing (they are in effect making a second profession of their gayness), but most of our gay staff don't make a big thing out of it and one only learns of it after quite a while.

I judge people on whether they are kind, able and professional - if they are then they're in by me - their sexual orientation is not my concern and whether it's homo or hetero I see no reason for folk to wave it in my face.

Don't make a secret of it or stand up and loudly announce it - be yourself, do your job well and you'll find that most people (perhaps disappointingly) don't care that much.

Make a great performance out of being gay or straight and you'll just irritate people.
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